Mitten



B. STEWART.

MITTEN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30. 1920.

1,355,181 Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

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MI'ITEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1920.

Application filed March 30, 1920. Serial No. 370,038.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN STEWART, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Mitten, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a mitten of simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

More particularly it is my object to provide a mitten involving the combination of a mitten body, with a thumb hole or holes, and a removable wrist band having secured thereto a plurality of thumbs, so constructed and arranged that the two may be used together by using different thumbs with the same mitten body, and for using thumbs on opposite sides of the mitten body.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a front elevation of a mitten body embodying a portion of my invention.

Fig. 2 shows a plan view of the separate wrist band with a plurality of thumbs attached thereto.

Fig. 3 shows a detail sectional view, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 shows a sectional view through the mitten, illustrating the manner in which the detachable wrist band is installed therein.

In the accompanying drawings I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally a mitten. body. The mitten body illustrated is for the right hand, and has at the proper place, above the palm, a thumb hole 11. I preferably provide also, at the back of the mitten, the thumb hole 12, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, so that the mitten may be reversed and either side may be used for the palm.

The wrist portion A. of the mitten body shown in Fig. 1 is long enough so that after the mitten has been worn, the mitten may be sewed along the extreme wrist end for closing said end, and the opposite end may be cut off so that the original wrist end may be used for receiving the hand, and for changing from right to left and vice versa.

The palm of the mitten may be provided shown in Fig. 1, I preferably use a detachable thumb supporting or wrist band 13 having suitable openings 14, around the edge of which are secured thumb members 15. These thumb members are arranged so that the seams do not come at the ball of the thumb, and the portions of the thumb members 15 against which the ball of the thumb weaiis, may be reinforced where that is desirec.

In the illustration shown, I have disclosed four thumb members secured to the wrist band. A different number might be employed.

in the practical use of my improved device, the wrist band is slipped over the hand and onto the wrist, and the thumb of the hand 16 is inserted into one of the thumb receiving members 15. The hand with the wrist band thereon is then inserted into the mitten, as illustrated, for instance, in Fig. 4:, and the thumb member with the thumb therein is projected through one of the holes 11 or 12.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a left-hand mitten, and have shown the body slightly twisted or rotated so as to indicate the thumb projecting at one side.

After one thumb member has become worn, the wrist band 13 may be rotated on the hand or wrist to bring another thumb member 15 to proper position for receiving the thumb.

In certain kinds of work, such, for in stance, as corn husking, the thumb of the mitten wears out much more rapidly than any other part. With my structure it will be seen that several thumbs can be used for one mitten.

It is also well-known that the portion of the mitten which covers the palm of the hand or the ends of the fingers wears out much more rapidly than the back of the mitten. IVith my device, the mitten is reversible and either side may be used for the front. A mitten of this kind will, of course, out-wear several ordinary mittens.

It will be noted that on account of the fact .warmth, JVhGlLdGSlH-ld. be of any :desired shape suitable for the that the thumb piece 15, with the thumb therein,'projects from one of the holes in 'embodieddnthe formof a glove as Well as a mitten.

One aof the thumb members 15 may be pulled ithroughthe hole in the back of the mitten body 10 for closing that hole for The holes 11 may purpose. I

The Wrist .portions A may be long, as illustrated, or may be shorter if so preferred.

Canvas or other suitable material may be employed.

"Some changes *may be made in the con-' struction and arrangement of the various parts of .my improved -m1tten Without departing from the essential features and purposesthereof, and .it is my intention to cover by my claims any modified forms of :structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may ber having a plurality of holes therein and having'a series-of thumb receivingmembers secured thereto :adjacent to the respective holes. I

2. In am'itten, amitten-body having front and'back thumb holes, combined With a detachable Wrist band provided With suitable openings, and a plurality of thumb receiving members'secured to said Wristband in proper position with relation to the=respective openings.

Des 'Moines, Iowa, March 22, 1920.-

BENJAMIN STEVVAIRT. 

